PUP

PUP is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

Medicine, science & technology:

• PARC Universal Packet, one of the two earliest internetworking communications protocols
• Potentially unwanted program, software that one probably does not want to install, but is not as harmful as spyware, such as adware
• Puerperal urticaria of pregnancy, hives or a rash that can occur during the third trimester of pregnancy

Education:

• Polytechnic University of the Philippines
• Prison University Project, a charity supporting college-level education in San Quentin Prison in California

Politics:

• People's United Party, a political party of Belize
• Party of Unity and Progress, a political party of Guinea
• Party of People's Unity, a political party of Tunisia
• Party of Proletarian Unity, a political party of France
• Progressive Unionist Party, a political party of Northern Ireland
• Protestant Unionist Party, a former political party of Northern Ireland

Entertainment:

• The abbreviation used for the Puppetmaster Job Class in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XI

Sports:

• Physically Unable to Perform, a rule in the NFL which allow teams to designate players as "Physically Unable to Perform"
• English football team Portsmouth F.C.'s main chant "Play up Pompey!" is abbreviated to 'PUP'

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